Travel Flexibility……

  Flexibility is vital when travelling for a prolonged period of time. We knew this before we left, had discussed it endlessly as we are both ‘green’ in personality we normally like to be organised, have an idea as to what will…

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Bordering on insanity?

(this post is a little longer than most – just in case you want to make a coffee before reading it) It is well known amongst overland travellers with vehicles that Central American border crossings are a challenge. There are…

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Quite a week…. Colombia to Panama

Our last week in Colombia was spent in the atmospheric city of Cartagena. The old historic and preserved quarter rubs shoulders with the not so well preserved quarter of Getsemani, which we had made home for the week. It was…

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Two motorcycles on their way from Sydney to Christchurch – airfreight

From time to time, when the land ends and there is only water in front of us, we have to find an alternative mode of transport – the bikes (and we) have to continue either by plane or by boat. This was of cause also the case when we wanted to go to New Zealand. …read more

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Finally – our bikes have arrived!

About three weeks later than originally planned, our motorcycles finally arrived in Darwin. We had shipped them from East Timor in a container. Three weeks for a distance of only 700 kilometres. The shipping company Toll had changed the shipping schedu…

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Bordercrossing US-Mexico with car and dog – the documents

We decided to cross the border at Tecate, about 40 miles east of San Diego. We had heard that that border-crossing would be quieter and easier to get through than San Diego – Tijuana. We stayed at the Potrero Campground a few days before we wanted to cross. Potrero county park is a...
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